Coin-holder



(No Model.)

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Patented Mar. 31, 1891.

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UN TED STATES PATENT HENRY M. BRIGHAM, OF BROOKLYN, NEWV YORK.

COIN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 449,280, dated March31, 1891. Application filed November 26, 1890. Serial No. 872,678. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY M. BRIGHAM, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State ofNew York, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements inCoin-Holders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the drawings forming part hereof, inwhich similar numerals of reference designatelike or equivalent partswherever found throughout the several views.

My invention relates to that class of coinholders or money-boxes fromwhich the money is automatically removed when the holder or box is full,and in said drawings- Figure 1 represents a front elevation; Fig. 2, acentral vertical section; Fig. 3, a central vertical section of amodified form; Fig. 4, a cross-section of another modification, andFigs. 5 and 6 details of my improvement.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a tube of anypreferred material, and in the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2 thistube is provided with an enlarged base 2 and a cap The cap 3 is firmlysecured to the tube and is provided with a transverse slot or guide 4.,through which the coin is in sorted into the holder or box. This slot isintended to be of just such dimensions as to admit the coin which thebox is intended. to hold, and this is also true of the tube 1. Toillustrate: If the holder is intended for dimes, the slot 1 will be ofthe exact dimensions of a silver ten-cent piece, and the inside diameterof the tube 1 will also be substantially the same as or slightly greaterthan that of said 0011].

quired for nickels, quarters, half-dollars, or dollars the dimensions ofthe slot 4 and tube 1 should be correspondingly proportioned. It isevident, however, that coins the dimensions of which do not greatlydiffer-suoh as pennies, dimes, and niokels'if the device is properlyconstructed, may be put in the same The holder is intended for coins of,but one denomination only, and if it is reposes hereinafter described.These springs are provided with openings 8, preferably oblong in form,into which, when the bottom is in position, enter the lugs orprojections 9, formed on or attached tothe sides of the tube 1 or theenlarged portion 2 thereof at diametrically-opposite points, and whichproject inwardly, preferably, to about the line of the inner wall of themain parts of the.

tube 1. The springs (3 are preferably formed of one piece, bent as shownin Figs. 2 and 3, and secured to the center of the bottom 5 by a rivetor otherwise, and secured to said bottom, preferably by the same means,is a spiral spring 10, to the top of which is attached a follower ormovable plug 11, preferably of the form shown,havingadownwardlyprojecting annular rim 12. The normal position of thisfollower or plug 11 is at the top of the tube 1, as shown in Fig. 2. Asthe coins 13, two of which are shown in said Fig. 2, are forced inthrough the slot- 4 the follower orplug 11 is pressed down, as shown inFig. 3, and when a sufficient number of coins are inserted and thefollower is pressed down ward till the flange 10 reaches the springs 6said springs will be forced inward until they are released from theprojections 9, when the bottom 5 will drop out, carrying with it thespring 10 and follower 11, when the coins will also drop out of theholder.

The cap 3 is preferably concave on its under surface, as shown in Fig.3, whereby, when the coins are forced in through the slot 4, they arealso pressed down, so that the upper face thereof is below the loweredge of the slot, as

shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and cannot be removed until the holder is full,as hereinbefore described. However, I may secure thereto a beveled piece14, as shown in Fig. 2, which will serve the same purpose.

It will be observed that in Fig. 3 the cap and tube 1 are formedintegral and the side walls of the holder are of the same diameterthroughout. In this form of construction the follower or plug 11 shouldbe made of less diameter than the inner diameter of the tube 1. andsufficiently so to admit of its passing the projections 9 I in beinginserted in and re moved from the tube. The same result, however, may beobtained by making the follower the same size as in Fig. 2 and formingvertical grooves or corrugations in the sides thereof, through which theprojections 9 could pass.

By curving the top of the springs 6, as shown at 7, the coils of thespring 10 will not. catch thereon, even it brought in contact therewith,as the spring is forced down by the coins in the operation of fillingthe holder, -and the flange 12 of the follower 11, when the latter ismade smaller than the tube 1, is also in the downward movement thereofprevented from striking upon the top of these springs and interferingwith the operation of the device.

In Fig. 41 is shown across-section of a modification of the form ofconstruction shown in Fig. 2, in which vertical recesses 15 are formedin the tube 1, into which the springs 6 are intended to enter, whichtake the place of the annular enlargement 2; and it is evident that.many other changes or modifications may be made in the constructionherein shown and described without departing from the scope of myinvention.

In Fig. 1 I have shown a scale 16 adjacent to a transparent strip orplate 17, of glass, mica, or other suitable material, covering a slottedopening in the tube 1, whereby the amount or numberof coins in theholder may be determined at any time. This holder, as shown by thescale, is in tended for dimes, and is so constructed as to hold fivedollars, and when fifty ten-cent pieces have been inserted through theslot 4 the top of the follower 11 will be even with the numeral 5 on thescale, and the holder will be opened by the operation of the flange 12on the springs 6, and the bottom 5, together with the spring 10 andfollower 11, will drop from the tube, as, hereinbefore described. Myinvention, however, is not limited to this particular form of scale, norto the means for locking the bottom in its normal position shown anddescribed, any form of locking device or mechanism that can be operatedinthe same manner to produce the same result being regarded as theequivalent and as coming within my invention.

Having fully described my invention, its construction, and operation, Iclaim and desire to secure by Letters Patent the following: 1. Acoin-holder consisting'ot a single tube having end pieces by which it isclosed at both ends and provided with a slot or guide through which thecoins are inserted, one of the end pieces being automatically releasedby the pressure of the coins when a predetermined number is inserted inthe operation of filling the holder, substantiallyas shown anddescribed.

2. A coin-holder consisting of a single tub having a fixed cover and aremovable bottom and means whereby the coins may be in serted, thebottom being automatically released by the pressure of the coins when apredetermined number is inserted, substantially as shown and described.

A coin-holder composed of a singletube having a fixed cover and aremovable bottom,

in combination with looking devices forholding the bottom in its normalposition and a follower or movable plug which is depressed as the holderisfilled and by which the looking devices are operated and the bottomreleased, substantially as shown and described.

4. A coin-holder consisting of a single tube having a fixed cover and aremovable bottom, in combination with looking devices for holding thebottom in its normal position and a movable spring-supported plug orfollower which is depressed as the holderis filled and by which thelocking devices are operated and the bottom released, substantially asshown and described.

5. In a coin-holder, the combination, with a single tube having a fixedand a removable end and means for locking the removable end in itsnormal position, of a movable plug which is depressed as the hold-er isfilled and by which the removable end is released, substantially asshown and described.

(3. In a coin-holder, the combination, with a single tube having a fixedcover and a removable bottom and locking devices for holding the bottomnormally in position, of the spring-supported follower or plug-which isdepressed in the operation of filling the holder and by which thelocking devices are operated and the bottom released, substantially asshown and described.

7. In a coin-holder, the combination of the tube 1, having the slot 4,the bottom 5, having the springs (i, the spring 10; and the follower 11,substantially as shown and described.

8. A coin-holder consisting of a single tube having a fixed cover, aremovable bottom, a longitudinal slot, as 16, covered by a transparentstrip, as 17, and means whereby the coins may be inserted, the bottombeing antomatically released by the pressure of the coins when apredetermined number is inserted, substantially as shown and described.

9. A coin-holder consisting of a single tube having a fixed and aremovable end piece,

an opening for the admission of coins, a

scale for measuring the amount of coins Within the holder, and means forreleasing the removable end piece and discharging the coins only whenthe requisite number has been inserted, substantially as shown and de-'scribed.

10. A coin-holder consisting of a single tube having a fixed andaremovable end piece, an opening for the admission of coins at or nearthe fixed end, and releasing devices operated when apredetermined numberof coins is inserted to release the removable end piece and dischargethe coins, substantially as shown and described.

11. A coin-holder consisting of atube having a fixed and a removable endpiece, an

opening for the admission of coins at or near the fixed end, andreleasing devices; operat mg, m connection with the column of coins,

to release the removable end piece and disend and discharging the coinonly when the charge the coins only when a predetermined requisifenumber has been inserted. number has been inserted.

12. Aeoin-holder consisting of a singletube HENRY M. BRIGHAM. 5 having afixed and adetaehable end, an open- WVitnesses:

ing for the insertion of the coin at the fixed WILLIAM S. RAE,

end, and means for detaching the detachable l FREDK. M. BRIGHAM.

